Civil rights legend Bernard LaFayette reshaped the course of the nation. But what I remember most was his joy and unwavering ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated ...

In his last and greatest sermon, on April 3, 1968, at Mason Temple in Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr. applauded his fellow minister James Lawson. “He’s been to jail for struggling,” said King. “He’s ...

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a strategist in the Southern voting rights movement.

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail highlights local establishments that have a history. In Nashville, Black businesses like Swett’s, Slim and Husky’s Pizza and Alkebu-Lan Images bookstore are highlighted ...